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The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe

por Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

Outros autores: Glen David Gold (Contribuidor), Jessica Hayworth (Ilustrador), Maureen Johnson (Prefácio), Ashley Lierman (Contribuidor), Zack Parsons (Contribuidor)1 mais, Russel Swensen (Contribuidor)

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This includes the episodes from season two of the podcast, in which we witness a totalitarian takeover of Night Vale that threatens to forever change the town and everyone living in it, and offers both an entertaining reading experience as well as a valuable reference guide to past episodes.
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These are the episodes from the second season of Welcome to Night Vale, along with commentary for each episode by the writers or guest writers.
In this season, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your House is running for public office, and Dana the Intern, who has been lost in the dog park for months, is able to make sporadic contact with Cecil at the radio station. Also, Megan, the little girl whose body is the severed hand of an adult man, is determined to find a way to communicate, and Tamika Flynn leads a child uprising against the librarians. ( )
  mstrust | Apr 21, 2022 |
https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/3778229.html

The scripts of the second year of Welcome to Night Vale, in which there is a sort of narrative arc of the mayoral election contest between The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home and Hiram McDaniels, the five-headed dragon; also the burgeoning romance between Cecil and Carlos; the conflicts with Desert Bluffs and with Strexcorp; and the heroism of Intern Dana and teenage Tamika Flynn. But of course the overall structure matters less than the individual paragraphs:

"The Museum of Forbidden Technologies is proud to announce their new special exhibit: "A Startling and Highly Forbidden Piece of Technology Brought to Us by Time Travelers... or Ancient Long-Dead Aliens... or Russians... or Whatever."

The technology will be kept in a locked vault, which itself will be wrapped in thick black bandages, with a hand-written sign taped to one side saying only:

Nope!

Your ticket includes a free audio guide, which will play a single piercing tone, designed to considerately remove you from the world of thought, and sound, and sentience.

The Museum of Forbidden Technologies. Bring your kids! Otherwise, something even worse might happen to them."

and

"Look, I know deer are cute and friendly-looking. We all remember adorable little Bambi, from the classic animated movie, with his sweet voice and white freckled rump. But we also remember the bloody end that he wrought on the humans at the end of the film, the graphic beheadings, and trees streaked with gore during the famous revenge-fueled climax.

The lesson of that movie, as in life itself, is that nature is gorgeous, and it is horrible, and it will kill you.

This has been the Children's Fun Fact Science Corner."

and

"Listeners, we here at Night Vale Community Radio need to offer the following correction:

In a previous broadcast, we described the world as "real."

We indicated, using our voice, that it was made up of many real objects and entities, and we gave descriptions of these disparate parts. We even went so far as to ascribe action and agency to some of these entities.

But, as we all know, nothing can be fully understood to be "real." Any description of the world we give is simply the world we experience – which is to say, a narrative we force onto whatever horror or void lies behind the scrim of our perception.

We at the station offer our deepest, most humble apologies for the previous, erroneous, report. We affirm once again that nothing is real – including this correction, and least of all, your experience of hearing it.

This has been Corrections."

Nothing quite beats the original deadpan audio delivery, but it is great to have the script for the bits you might not have heard because you were laughing too hard. ( )
  nwhyte | Oct 6, 2021 |
The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe is the second volume featuring scripts from the podcast Welcome to Night Vale. Written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe contains the scripts from the podcast's second season, as well as the live show The Debate, along with an introduction by Maureen Johnson, illustrations by Jessica Hayworth, and introductions to each episode by various members of the cast and crew. In The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe, Night Vale faces a takeover by a totalitarian corporation that threatens to forever change the town and everyone in it. Like the previous review, this review will be in two parts; the first part will discuss the book itself while the second part discusses the content of the season.

Like the last book, The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe begins with an introduction by a friend of the podcast. This time, it's author Maureen Johnson (who also voices Intern Maureen in the show). Her introduction is perfect. It has its tongue planted so firmly in cheek that it immediately sets the mood for the rest of the book. It straddles that line between weird and funny perfectly and I can't think of anyone better suited to have written an introduction for this book. The introductions to each episode remain insightful without being too revealing. This volume features more introductions from cast members than the last volume (mostly because the second season of the show featured a lot more guest voices than the first season did). This benefits the book as it gives a greater variety of insight into the making of this podcast. The introductions are funny and oftentimes very personal to whoever the writer is. Many of them reveal some juicy behind the scenes secrets about the ease (or difficulty) in writing an episode, or the inspiration or purpose behind said episode. The introductions alone make this a must-read for Night Vale fans. Then you've got the illustrations by Jessica Hayworth. Like the last volume, her illustrations perfectly walk that line between expanding the visual element of the Night Vale universe and revealing too much. She continues to leave much to the audience's imagination, but her illustrations still add quite a lot to the experience.

My one problem with the book is the placement of the script for the live show The Debate. Most Night Vale live shows don't really have a set place in canon. There are very few references to ongoing story arcs so they can be placed pretty much anywhere in the story of that season. The Debate is different. The Debate deals with a debate between the three candidates for mayor - The Faceless Old Woman, Hiram McDaniels, and Marcus Vansten - and because of this, it needs to take place before a certain episode. The election is held in episode 49, so the live show must take place before then. However, the book chooses to place the live show at the end of the book - like the last volume - and while normally that would be fine, in this case, it creates a bit of a problem when reading it. If you're reading these scripts for the first time without having heard the podcast, it might be nice to be able to read them in an order that makes sense. The Debate ought to have been placed somewhere before episode 46 in the book. It's a minor nitpick, really. It's good that they included the script to that live show, I just would've placed it in a different spot.

On to the content of the season itself! This season introduces the first real ongoing season plotline for the podcast: StrexCorp and their imminent threat and invasion of Night Vale. The addition of this season long story arc is one of the smartest things that Fink and Cranor have done for the series. By adding this thread that weaves through the episodes and ties them closer together, making for a better listening experience overall. The one-off episodes are fun, and there are still plenty of them in this season, but I've always been a bigger fan of episodes that further an ongoing plotline rather than ones that stand alone.

Lots of elements for this season were set in the previous season, and it's wonderful seeing how they come together and culminate in this story that's told. The season also introduces many new plot threads that later become relevant in future seasons. Fink and Cranor are experts at mentioning things that seem like one-off jokes, but then end up being very important in future episodes and seasons. It's a really good skill of theirs, and it works really well for this show.

The characters continue to develop in interesting ways. Cecil and Carlos' relationship feels so real and normal, even though all this ridiculous stuff is happening around them. I love the development of Tamika Flynn and Intern Dana; it's nice that this show has such diverse representation. Tamika and Dana end up being so important to the climax of this season, and it's wonderful to see (or hear/read, I guess) two women of color having such an impact on a story. It shouldn't be such a rare thing, but it is. And I liked it.

I like this season a lot. It remains one of my favorite story arcs throughout the entirety of the Night Vale series. Maybe even my favorite. It's a good story, and it's where Night Vale really started to hit its stride, I think. The amount of social satire that is included in this season is wonderful and appreciated and still relevant three years after the season was originally written.

The Glowing Coils of the Universe is an excellent companion to the second season of Welcome to Night Vale. I recommend it for anyone who is already a fan of the series or anyone who wants to try and see what all the buzz for the series is about. ( )
  thoroughlyme | Apr 23, 2021 |
A collection of episode scripts from the second year of the popular and amazing Welcome to Night Vale podcast. As with the first volume, each script features a short introduction by one or more of the podcast's writers or performers, and there are a smattering of surreal illustrations throughout. The book also includes the script of the live show "The Debate." Although, once again, I find myself really wishing they'd insert the live shows at their appropriate points in the show's continuity, rather than simply tacking one on at the end of each volume. Because the result here is that we get to see the mayoral debate immediately after the mayoral election, and while I know time is often weird in Night Vale, there's no need to help it along quite that much.

But never mind. I said after reading the first volume that I really enjoyed having copies of the episodes in text form, but that reading them simply wasn't remotely the same as listening to the dulcet tones of Cecil Baldwin speaking them into my ears. Well, it's still not the same, but I have to say, I enjoyed this installment even more than the first one. Probably that's largely due to the fact that it's a great run of episodes, featuring, among other things, the exciting StrexCorp arc and the introduction or significant development of several important characters, including the first appearances of my bookish hero, Tamika Flynn, and of The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home. (Although I find it a bit boggling to realize the Faceless Old Woman doesn't properly show up until episode 26. It honestly seems like she's been around forever. Which I guess technically she has been. In your home. Secretly.)

I think it also makes a difference that I read this during a pretty rough week, because at times like that, I find Night Vale's bleak-but-humane existentialist philosophy genuinely, if bizarrely, comforting. Sometimes it just helps to be told that, yes, you are ultimately powerless in the face of the cosmos' indifference and inevitable decay, but it's okay, because so is everybody else, and in that hapless impermanence there is nevertheless a real kind of beauty. It especially helps to be told that by someone who is capable of being genuinely funny in the face of it all. And who then cheerfully goes on to tell you all about ridiculous shenanigans involving five-headed dragons or a lost civilization under a bowling alley.

So, this was definitely the right book at the right time for me.

Rating: The podcast is still 5/5. I'm calling this book version 4.5/5. ( )
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